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petroleum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crude, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, rock oil |
| Type of | fossil fuel, oil |
| Has types | residual oil, resid |
Examples of petroleum
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Petroleum products, fertilizers and pesticides move upriver to farm communities.
From the thenewstribune.com
Pepsi and other beverage companies make bottles out of PET, a petroleum product.
From the businessweek.com
At smelters worldwide, raw bauxite and petroleum coke are purified into alumina.
From the time.com
The recent choice to release strategic petroleum reserves was grossly misguided.
From the forbes.com
However, the production of petroleum from tar sands causes environmental damage.
From the sciencedaily.com
His Georgia-based company, Interface, made carpet tiles from petroleum products.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In January of this year, the U.S. used 4% less petroleum than we did a year ago.
From the businessweek.com
Expanding the source of raw material should also depress the price of petroleum.
From the sciencedaily.com
In a few more years, it will be competitive with petroleum-based fuels, he said.
From the chron.com
- A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- Petroleum (L. petroleum, from petra rock + oleum oil) or crude oil is a naturally occurring, toxic, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, and other organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. ...
- Petroleum engineering involves sustaining the flow of oil and gas, including discovery, recovery, storage, and transportation of petroleum. Petroleum engineers integrate many engineering specializations into an efficient system of oil and gas drilling, production, and processing.
- Crude oil. Petroleum is a mixture of gaseous, liquid, and semisolid hydrocarbons varying widely in gravity and complexity. Petroleum can be removed as a liquid from underground reservoirs and can be separated into various fractions by distillation.
- A generic name for hydrocarbons, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas and their products.
- Petroleum refers to any petroleum-based substance comprising of a complex blend of hydrocarbons derived from crude oil through the process of separation, conversion, upgrading, and finishing, including motor fuel, jet oil, lubricants, petroleum solvents, and used oil.
- Crude oil or any fraction thereof that is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. ...
- A naturally occurring mixture composed predominantly of hydrocarbons in the gaseous, liquid, or solid phase.
- Can also be used to make steam to turn a turbine. Residual fuel oil, a product refined from crude oil, is often the petroleum product used in electric plants that use petroleum to make steam. Petroleum was used to generate less than three percent (3%) of all power generated in U.S. ...
